2. Founded on Nov. 5, 1998 About 380+ people and 350 interns at the present 20 research groups 1500+ papers published 200+ technologies transferred to MS products 16+ technologies licensed to other companies

3. Natural User Interface CS Fundamentals Search and Online Ads Search and Online Ads Data-Intensive Computing Multimedia

4. UR members Beijing: China & the region Tokyo: Japan Seoul: Korea Taipei: Taiwan & Hong Kong Sydney: Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore

5. Academic Exchanges Curriculum Innovation Research Collaborations Talent Development

6. eHeritage eScience health education Computer Science as core

7. Prof. Jane Hunter, University of Queensland The Health-e-Waterways Project – An Exemplar Model for Environmental Monitoring and Resource Management Prof. Yasushi Kiyoki, Keio University A Semantic and "Kansei" Computing System for Analyzing Global Environments Prof. Jun Zhu, Zhejiang University Computational Challenge in Analyzing Complex Traits

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